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Noam Chomsky
From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky (born December 27th, 1928) is an American linguist and political theorist as well as a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His most famous accomplishment in linguistics is the theory of generative grammar, which he established in his 1957 book Syntactic Structures. His theory formed the basis of the school of generative linguistics.
In politics, he is known for his libertarian socialist and anarchist ideologies and his opposition to United States foreign policy and big corporations.
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Early life
Linguistics
Political activities
Chomsky claims not to have a theory, but Alison Edgley suggests he does have one, which derives from his model of social control. [1]
Criticism
Footnotes
- ↑ "...His politically ‘extreme’ conclusions are derived from his use of evidence created and supplied by those in power..." (Alison Edgley)
